Hospitals Barred From Suing Over $840 Million Medicare Pay Cut

A group of nearly 700 hospitals failed to revive a lawsuit saying they lost $840 million as a result of federal regulators’ alleged unlawful extension of a program to make up an $11 billion Medicare shortfall because federal law bars their suit, the D.C. Circuit said Tuesday.

Section 7(b)(5) of the TMA, Abstinence Education, and QI Programs Extension Act expressly prohibits judicial review of any adjustments made to hospitals’ Medicare pay under the act, the U.S Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia said.

The court affirmed the dismissal of claims brought by Fresno Community Hospital and Medical ...